Etihad Airways launches legal appeal to protect Air Berlin investment

ABU DHABI, 5th January, 2016 (WAM) -- Etihad Airways yesterday launched fresh legal action in a bid to overturn a German court’s decision to revoke approval for 29 of its codeshare flights with airberlin. Last week, the Administrative Court of Braunschweig decided that the German Ministry of Transport was entitled to reject the 29 Etihad Airways-airberlin codeshares, which had been approved only until 15th January, 2016. As the notice of appeal was filed in the higher administrative court in Luneburg yesterday, Etihad Airways President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, reiterated the airline’s unwavering support for airberlin, saying that it remained committed to the German carrier, to competition and to consumer choice for German travellers. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/general/1395289921099.html